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ABAT Exam Questions With Verified
Answer; A+ Guide Solution 2025
ASD and common characteristics and deficits - correct-answer-impaired
communication, impaired reciprocal social interaction and restricted, repetitive
and stereotyped patterns of behaviors or interests.
Autism as a spectrum disorder with a triad of primary impairments - correct-
answer-Social and Emotional Interaction: Standing too close to people, unaware
of different ways of interacting with others, has desire to have friends and
relationships but struggles to initiate them
Imagination and Flexibility of Thought: does not understand others points of view
or feelings, takes everything literally, and agitated by change in routine
Social Communication and Language: asks repetitive questions, cannot 'read
between the lives' of what people mean, communicates for one needs rather than
for 'social' engagement, and makes factual comments inappropriate to the context
'Red flags' used in early diagnosis - correct-answer-Any loss of speech, babbling,
gestures or social skills should be taken very seriously, as regression is a major red
flag for autism.
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Overview of diagnosis; how and when - correct-answer-Doctors look at the child's
developmental history and behavior to make a diagnosis. ASD can sometimes be
detected at 18 months or younger. By age 2, a diagnosis by an experienced
professional can be considered very reliable. However, many children do not
receive a final diagnosis until much older.
Identify risk factors to ASD - correct-answer-Your child's sex. Boys are about four
times more likely to develop autism spectrum disorder than girls are.
Family history. Families who have one child with autism spectrum disorder have
an increased risk of having another child with the disorder. ...
Other disorders. ...
Extremely preterm babies. ...
Parents' ages
Pragmatic Language - correct-answer-the use of appropriate communication in
social situations (knowing what to say, how to say it, and when to say it)
Receptive Language - correct-answer-the understanding of information provided
in a variety of ways such as sounds and words; movement and gestures; and signs
and symbols.
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Expressive Language - correct-answer-our ability to communicate our thoughts
and feelings through words, gestures, signs, and/or symbols
Sensory-Motor - correct-answer-the process whereby a child gains use and
coordination of his/her muscles of the trunk, arms, legs and hands (motor
development), and begins to experience (through sensory input) the environment
through sight, sounds, smell, taste and hearing
Social Skills - correct-answer-the skills we use everyday to interact and
communicate with others. They include verbal and non-verbal communication,
such as speech, gesture, facial expression and body language.
Memetic behavior - correct-answer-Verbal behavior whose form is controlled by
someone else's verbal behavior with 1:1 correspondence. Basically, REPEATING
precisely what is heard, usually immediately.
Motor behavior - correct-answer-includes every kind of movement from
involuntary twitches to goal-directed actions, in every part of the body from head
to toe, in every physical and social context from solitary play to group interactions.
ABAT Exam Questions With Verified
Answer; A+ Guide Solution 2025
ASD and common characteristics and deficits - correct-answer-impaired
communication, impaired reciprocal social interaction and restricted, repetitive
and stereotyped patterns of behaviors or interests.
Autism as a spectrum disorder with a triad of primary impairments - correct-
answer-Social and Emotional Interaction: Standing too close to people, unaware
of different ways of interacting with others, has desire to have friends and
relationships but struggles to initiate them
Imagination and Flexibility of Thought: does not understand others points of view
or feelings, takes everything literally, and agitated by change in routine
Social Communication and Language: asks repetitive questions, cannot 'read
between the lives' of what people mean, communicates for one needs rather than
for 'social' engagement, and makes factual comments inappropriate to the context
'Red flags' used in early diagnosis - correct-answer-Any loss of speech, babbling,
gestures or social skills should be taken very seriously, as regression is a major red
flag for autism.
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Overview of diagnosis; how and when - correct-answer-Doctors look at the child's
developmental history and behavior to make a diagnosis. ASD can sometimes be
detected at 18 months or younger. By age 2, a diagnosis by an experienced
professional can be considered very reliable. However, many children do not
receive a final diagnosis until much older.
Identify risk factors to ASD - correct-answer-Your child's sex. Boys are about four
times more likely to develop autism spectrum disorder than girls are.
Family history. Families who have one child with autism spectrum disorder have
an increased risk of having another child with the disorder. ...
Other disorders. ...
Extremely preterm babies. ...
Parents' ages
Pragmatic Language - correct-answer-the use of appropriate communication in
social situations (knowing what to say, how to say it, and when to say it)
Receptive Language - correct-answer-the understanding of information provided
in a variety of ways such as sounds and words; movement and gestures; and signs
and symbols.
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Expressive Language - correct-answer-our ability to communicate our thoughts
and feelings through words, gestures, signs, and/or symbols
Sensory-Motor - correct-answer-the process whereby a child gains use and
coordination of his/her muscles of the trunk, arms, legs and hands (motor
development), and begins to experience (through sensory input) the environment
through sight, sounds, smell, taste and hearing
Social Skills - correct-answer-the skills we use everyday to interact and
communicate with others. They include verbal and non-verbal communication,
such as speech, gesture, facial expression and body language.
Memetic behavior - correct-answer-Verbal behavior whose form is controlled by
someone else's verbal behavior with 1:1 correspondence. Basically, REPEATING
precisely what is heard, usually immediately.
Motor behavior - correct-answer-includes every kind of movement from
involuntary twitches to goal-directed actions, in every part of the body from head
to toe, in every physical and social context from solitary play to group interactions.
